Telus Corp. wants to see an unredacted version of Corus Entertainment Inc.’s allegations to the CRTC that Rogers Communications Inc. is giving itself undue preference. ...
The CRTC needs to make sure money provided to existing recipients of the Independent Local News Fund is protected before adding other beneficiaries such as Corus Entertainment...
As the CRTC reviews Google’s application for...
Patrick Smith has joined the Canadian Media...
The CRTC has released the final conditions for contributions to be paid by online streamers to support...
Digital media saw an increase in revenues last year while conventional broadcasters experienced...
Rogers Communications Inc. and an independent programming company locked in a dispute over soccer programming carriage in Canada have launched accusations at one another of...
While providing closed captioning on all programming for the deaf and hard...
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld two lower court rulings that found...
As a lockout between Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...
Quebecor Inc. announced Monday that it has installed two new executives in...
Alphabet Inc.’s Google wants the Federal Court of Appeal to set aside a...
Strong results from its media division gave Quebecor Inc. a robust second quarter, the company reported...
Profits at Stingray Group Inc. took a dive in the first quarter of fiscal...
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has made slashing CBC/Radio-Canada’s...
Despite legislation introduced by the federal government meant to boost broadcasting outlets, there are still warning signs on the horizon, believes the president of the...
A federal MP and a member of the Ontario legislature from Kingston, Ont. have sent a joint letter to...
Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc., also known as...
Rogers Communications Inc. reported a successful second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year. Although the...
More sports leagues have been added to the list of game live streams...
The CRTC said Tuesday it is “prepared” to reconsider the eligibility requirements of the Independent Local News Fund. The regulator said in a call for comments on the...
The CRTC has agreed with CBC/Radio-Canada that it may exclude its spending...
An online TV streamer has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a...
Canadian broadcasters and telecoms reported experiencing mixed effects from...
Blue Ant Media Inc. is calling on the CRTC to lighten its CanCon spending obligations, blaming its...
Broadcasters that hold the rights to televise live...
Corus Entertainment Inc. expects to have cut a quarter of its full-time...
Broadcasting arbitrator Monica Song released the latest paid time political...
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB)...
The CRTC is considering broadening the scope of the Broadcasting Participation Fund. The regulator’s executive director of broadcasting, Scott Shortliffe, said in a...
Apple Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., and the Motion Picture Association-Canada...
The Wire Report welcomes former reporter Hannah Daley back as its new editor. Originally from New Brunswick, Daley studied journalism at King’s College in Halifax, and worked for online business news publication...
BCE Inc. has filed for an injunction to stop the launch of Discovery...
The CRTC has kicked off what could be the final hurdle for Google to be...
The CRTC on Tuesday announced it is initiating two consultations on making broadcast programming accessible for people with disabilities. One is on closed captioning for...
Stingray Group Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. both announced new offerings of free, ad-supported...
The Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations...
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is asking the Federal Court...
A Toronto law firm is launching a class action suit against SiriusXM Radio...
The Competition Bureau has approved BCE Inc.’s acquisition of Outfront...
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Monday that it had signed deals to bring programming from Warner...
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has chosen the collective responsible for...
An Ontario senator is wondering why the Department of Canadian Heritage is looking at the future of...
Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Thursday it would offer content from Corus Entertainment Inc. effective immediately. Corus operates 33 channels, including Global TV, Showcase, and the History Channel. “Customers who enjoy Corus channel content have been...
Sirius XM Canada Inc. agreed to pay a $3.3 million penalty to the...
Stingray Group Inc. unveiled its financial results for the fourth quarter...
Online streaming services generating over $25 million in annual Canadian...
Conservative senator Leo Housakos continued his party’s attacks on CBC/Radio-Canada during the...
Éric Forest of the Independent Senators Group took to the floor of the Red Chamber Tuesday to defend CBC/Radio-Canada. He was speaking to a motion introduced by Progressive Senator Andrew Cardozo. Forest began by acknowledging the mandate review announced earlier this...
The CRTC is asking for comments on its proposed Cost Recovery Regulations...
The CRTC is stepping in to resolve a dispute between BCE Inc. and Quebecor...
The CRTC has approved a request from APTN to consolidate its four channels...
The CRTC approved amendments to Corus Entertainment Inc.'s broadcasting...
Kids and family entertainment company Wildbrain Ltd. released the financial results for its third quarter...
CBC/Radio-Canada continued to come under fire in Parliament Thursday. The...
Quebecor Inc. reported a robust increase in revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2024, driven...
The Conservative Party launched attacks on CBC/Radio-Canada Wednesday after several days of the Bloc...
CBC/Radio-Canada has significantly reduced its financial shortfall and will not be cutting any more jobs to balance its budget this year, the public broadcaster’s president...
Sylvain Lafrance has been appointed the new chair of Telefilm Canada, effective Thursday. His term will...
Monday the Bloc Québécois continued its assault on plans for CBC/Radio-Canada to merge some of its...
The Bloc Québécois has sounded the alarm after a report in La Presse that...
BCE Inc. issued its first quarter 2024 results Thursday morning and...
The Miracle Channel Association (MCA) has been granted a licence for a discretionary service, the CRTC announced Monday. It had been operating Corco as an exempt service with fewer than 200,000 subscribers but has now passed that threshold. Corco broadcasts original...
Canada’s oldest public broadcaster is in a funding crunch but listeners...
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday that it is entering into an...
BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it is launching seven English and three...
Following the release of its first quarter results of 2024, Rogers...
Toronto entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. has named Mark Trachuk as its general counsel. He will also...
A group of public interest broadcasters is getting more money from the...
As it reported further declines in revenue for the...
BCE Inc. did not give the federal government...
Major broadcasters are opposed to Accessible Media Inc.’s (AMI) request to temporarily raise the mandatory carriage rates of its AMI-tv and AMI-télé channels, citing...
A member of the Progressive Senators Group is calling on the federal...
Advertising on foreign digital media like Meta...
The CRTC issued a series of decisions providing addenda to...
In the wake of recent controversy surrounding BCE Inc.’s restructuring...
Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Tuesday that it is introducing a video streaming application for its mobile users. The TiVo Stream mobile app will permit customers to watch programming on the go. "We're on a mission to do things differently," Eastlink CEO...
The CRTC has issued a call for comments as part of Phase 2 of the...
After months of consultations, the CRTC has issued its Broadcasting Fees Regulations for all broadcasting...
The recent history of Rogers Communications Inc. has had more drama than anything broadcast on its CityTV network. The company poached its CEO Joe Natale from Telus Corp. only to ultimately dismiss...
Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, called on BCE Inc. to answer for its recent layoff...
The CRTC is issuing a call for applications from interested parties wishing...
The CRTC has decided to look at whether the town of Yellowknife, NWT can support another FM radio...
The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) will receive permanent government funding to support Indigenous-led...
BCE Inc. is the subject of a Part 1 application before the CRTC over access...
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) submitted an application to the CRTC for an interim rate increase for its AMI-tv and AMI-télé channels to address the financial challenges facing the organization, which predominantly serves Canadians with disabilities. AMI's application...
The Wire Report, the leading news source covering telecom, digital communications and broadcast media in Canada, is searching for an editor to join our Ottawa office. The Wire Report is part of The Hill Times Canada’s leading...
The Superior Court of Quebec has dismissed a request from RNC Media Inc. to...
Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Groupe TVA has reached an agreement with CUPE local 687, which represents...
A member of the Independent Senators Group is questioning why penalties for...
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge announced Friday an independent advisory committee has been struck that will begin the search for a new president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada. Chairing the committee is Just for Laughs president and CEO Charles Décarie. The...
CBC/Radio-Canada and the Canadian Media Guild have inked a tentative labour...
Neighbourhood Connect (NHC), operating under 2621159 Ontario Inc. DBA...
A Quebec senator is calling for the government to increase its spending in newspapers and magazines. During Wednesday’s Question Period, Independent Senators Group member Tony Loffreda said...
Witnesses before the House of Commons committee on Canadian Heritage all agreed Tuesday that a forum on the future of the media is required. Whether government has a role was...
Quebecor Inc. reported a successful fourth-quarter as it closed out the 2023 fiscal year, which it said...
Corus Entertainment Inc., Stingray Radio Inc., and...
The CRTC will initiate public consultation on Canada's Online News Act, formerly known as Bill C-18, next...
Organizations representing Canada’s creative industries are calling on...
BCE Inc. announced Thursday that it will be restructuring by eliminating 4,800 positions, divesting more than 40 per cent of its radio stations, cutting CTV newscasts, and...